[Boundaries] The Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 was an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, passed in 1971 to replace the previous system of local authorities established by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. The system was based on the recommendations of the Macrory Report, of June 1970, which presupp...
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[County Boroughs and Adjustments] The Local Government (County Boroughs and Adjustments) Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5 c.38) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amended the Local Government Act 1888, changing the process by which county boroughs could be created or extended. The Act responded to the problems caused by the fa...
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[Dublin] The Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1993 was an Act passed by the Oireachtas. It abolished the county of Dublin and awarded county status to: These new administrative counties have all the powers and institutions of the traditional counties. Section 9 Part 1(a) states that on the establishment day (1 January 1994) the previous count...
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[Gaelic Names] The Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997 enables local councils in Scotland to rename the areas for which they are responsible with Gaelic names. It enables them also to revert to names in English. The act was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act added subsections 1A and 1B under section 23 (...
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[Miscellaneous Provisions] Radio stations in Washington, D.C.. ...
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[Scotland] The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6 c. 65) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in Scotland, on 1 October 1947. Section 1 of the Act reads `For the purposes of local government, Scotland shall be divided into counties, counties of cities, large burghs and small bur...
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[Wales] The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure in Wales of 22 unitary authority areas, referred to as principal areas in the Act, and abolished the previous two-tier structure of counties and districts. It came into effect on 1 Apri...
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Local government is a form of public administration which in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state. The term is used to contrast with offices at state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or (where appropriate) federal government and also to supranational go...
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[ancient Roman] The Romans used provincial and local governments to govern conquered territories without having to rule them directly. Although Rome ruled a vast empire, it needed strikingly few imperial officials to run it. This relatively light ruling administrative overview was made possible by the tendency to leave to local government m...
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(from the article `constitutional law`) No modern country can be governed from a single location only. The affairs of municipalities and rural areas must be left to the administration of ... The reforms of local government carried out by Catherine also contained contradictions. The successors of Peter I had not solved the problem of loc...
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That part of government dealing mainly with matters concerning the inhabitants of a particular area or town, usually financed at least in part by local taxes. In the USA and UK, local government has...
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Local councils and the services they run such as Social Services, Schools, Housing and Leisure departments.
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n] - the government of a local area
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noun the government of a local area
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That part of government dealing mainly with matters concerning the inhabitants of a particular area or town, usually financed at least in part by local taxes. In the USA and UK, local government has comparatively large powers and responsibilities. Historically, in European countries such as France, G...
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the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large. · the governing body of a town or district.
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